The Impact Of Injury on Indigenous Children and Youth in Australia, Canada and New Zealand: A Tri-Country Approach to Pr [ 2005 - 2005 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Prof Kathleen Clapham (Principal investigator)

Brief description The proposed research will provide important new knowledge about the impact of injury on Indigenous children and youth in three settings: urban Indigenous communities in Australia, First Nation communities in Canada, and Iwi, Hapu and Maori communities in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Injury, which has received almost no research attention among Indigenous populations, is one of the leading causes of death, illness and disability in each of the three partner countries and the burden of injury for the Indigenous people of these countries is significantly higher than for the respective non-Indigenous populations. In addition to death and disability, injuries contribute to a variety of chronic health consequences such as, depression, alcohol and substance abuse, smoking, eating and sleeping disorders. Clearly, injury prevention must be a priority for policy makers in each of the partner countries. The purpose of the proposed research is to increase our understanding of the relationship between injury, socio-economic disadvantage and resilience in Indigenous communities and to use this knowledge to address, and reverse, health inequalities, particularly for children and youth. The proposed research focuses on the development of effective, sustainable and culturally acceptable interventions for Indigenous children and youth based on sound evidence from a tri-country Indigenous perspective. The proposed study will document the extent of intentional and unintentional injury in Indigenous populations; describe the contexts in which injuries occur and their impact on Indigenous children and youth; and develop and evaluate community based collaborative local interventions involving health and non-health sectors which promote the health, safety and resilience of Indigenous children and youth.

Funding Amount $AUD 15,000.00

Funding Scheme NHMRC Strategic Awards

Notes Int'l Indigenous Hlth Res Partnership - Seed Grant